'98 Ford Explorer creaking on turns

Most likely you have a bad wheel bearing on the right front tire but at the same time you could have a stuck brake caliper on the front right as well you can tell if it's a bad brake caliper if the vehicle well rolling at about 5 miles an hour and shift it into neutral bad bearing if when you shift the vehicle turning the wheel hard to the right it kind of grinds you could also jack up the front right tire and turn the wheel rotating it to see if it is stiff

Sounds like the wheel bearing inside the hub is going bad.

It sounds like a wheel bearing is failing.

sounds like a bad output shaft bearing in the trans but if the trans fluid is burnt then yes you need a rnr overhaul done sorry for the bad news

4x4 ? how many miles ? jack front wheels off ground and rotate by hand feel for the grind, bad wheel hub bearing? check brake rotor dust shields, If high miles possibly front carrier or pinion bearing. Just replaced front , rear , and transfercase bearings on my 98 with 193,000 mi. And yes,they were all bad $500.00 did labor myself. did rear first as it was humming, week later grind and hum coming from front, then couple days later transfer case was also whinning,humming, good god what a project all that was but today its great and quiet.

More than likely it is the sway bar bushings and links...the shocks/ball joints/ springs...etc.will noise ok course when worn. make..But if all has been took care of it should be the what I wrote...Milege means eerything...I have a 98 F-150 .70000.Metalpoet

it may be just an alignment problem, but could also be a stuck brake caliper on the passenger side front if it pulls to the right when you let go of the sterring wheel. do you smell brakes hot around that passenger front wheel after you've driven it for say 20 miles or so? if you do smell the brakes hot, then you probably have a bad brake caliper on that passenger front. if no smell, then you're on track with the alignment. hope this helps and thank you for choosing fix ya.com

That noise sounds to me like a Ball Joint problem. I would check to see if you have fittings to grease the front suspention.

Good luck, Allen

turn on the hazard light so you can identify the bulb that is actually deffective. the procedure to replace can be found on youtube.

CHECK YOUR UNIVERSAILS COULD BE WORN OR DRY U NEED TO PULL OUT THE SHAFT TO CHECK PROPLEY CHECK FOR STIFFNESS AND NOTCHEY MOVEMENT